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Obesity as a Risk Factor for Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: The Role of Leptin
(MDPI AG, 2022)
Obesity is a growing worldwide health problem, affecting many people due to excessive saturated fat consumption, lack of exercise, or a sedentary lifestyle. Leptin is an adipokine secreted by adipose tissue that increases ...
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Leptin and Nutrition in Gestational Diabetes
(MPDI, 2020-07-02)
Leptin is highly expressed in the placenta, mainly by trophoblastic cells, where it has an important autocrine trophic effect. Moreover, increased leptin levels are found in the most frequent pathology of pregnancy: ...
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Role of leptin in inflammation and vice versa
(2020-08-16)
Inflammation is an essential immune response for the maintenance of tissue homeostasis. In a general sense, acute and chronic inflammation are different types of adaptive response that are called into action when other ...